"Parents based in the northern part of London seeks an exceptional and qualified instructor to assist their most junior child on his first steps to turning into an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily skip the term "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
Yet, it could be the crucial element of this unusual position posting, as it aims to recruit a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of submissions have since been submitted since the unidentified family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained notice across the press, with numerous wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their search, said that despite initial scepticism, he found the concept "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the unconventional aspect of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already become established".
What exactly does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he answered. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He said the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told him they hoped to prevent the same situation to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the development at the start here is kind of absorbed naturally," said the CEO.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will pick up the English characteristics they wish to impart.
The consultant explained the tutor must be somebody who attended "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told him the successful candidate should ideally also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in horse riding, skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son grow into a "British gentleman" will bring about success and provide access.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child pick up what is termed cultural bias from the globally influenced family he resides with anyway?
"Absolutely", said the CEO. "The family understand this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the private teaching field who have these concerns.
An education leader, head and founder of a tutoring service, who provides private tutors, stated that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter wrote that he had moved from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the time of childhood, and had been educated knowing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that a single person can act as a representation of Britishness, someone who can possibly transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, strikes me as naive and impractical," he stated.
"Based on my background, employing a typically British tutor from infancy will does not necessarily create the goal they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and yet I have been lucky enough to enjoy several of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, personal identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, Britishness is something the CEO thinks can be taught – and marketed.
"In my view the situation that the global community holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
